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The Surgeon General Is Wrong. Social Media Doesn’t Need Warning Labels

SCREEN BURN

Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy is wrong about the harmful effects of social media on kids—but why let facts get in the way of a fabricated moral panic?

Mike Masnick
Mike Masnick
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